Sri Lanka to call bids for 300MW diesel/LNG power plant to avert crisis

Wednesday September 14, 2016 09:13:00

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will call tenders for a 300 MegaWatt diesel combined cycle power plant that can also be operated on liquefied natural gas to avert a power crisis from the scrapping of a coal power plant.

Power and Energy Ministry Secretary Suren Batagoda said the dual fuel 300 MW plant would be located in Kerawalapitiya, north of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo.